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Cartoon Network Universe : Project Exonaut was a massively multiplayer online game developed by Cartoon Network Games Studio which launched its beta on April 25, 2011, and closed down in late 2014. In the game, there are various mechanical battlesuits known as Exosuits, each based on Cartoon Network characters from various shows including: Ben 10: Alien Force, Sym-Bionic Titan, Johnny Test, The Powerpuff Girls, and The Amazing World of Gumball.

History[]

Open Beta and Early Release[]

On April 25, 2011, Project Exonaut launched into open beta. There was an active playerbase at this time, and many balance patches were released leading up to the first big update.

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On June 13, 2011, a Johnny Test-themed update was released. This added the Johnny Test and Bling Bling Boy exosuits, along with the Bling Bling Island map.

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On September 26, 2011, a large update was released. This concluded the beta phase, increased the Level cap to 50, added in 8 new exosuits (including Gumball and Darwin), and 1 new map, Battlescape Alpha.

On October 7, 2011, a player reached Level 50 and became an Elite Exonaut for the first time. Their username was "Savage Henry Taco".

October 2011 - July 2012[]

Main article: Halloween Slam
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The first holiday-themed event, Halloween Slam, started on October 17, 2011. This changed up how the Lobby looked, adding halloween decorations, boosted XP by 4X, unlocked the Marceline and Grim exosuits for all players, and replaced the Helix Grenades with Monster Grenades temporarily. This event ended on October 31, 2011.

Main article: Holiday Bash
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The second holiday-themed event, Holiday Bash, started on December 12, 2011. This changed up how the Lobby looked, boosted XP by 4X, unlocked all Adventure Time exosuits for all players, and replaced the Helix Grenades with Snowballs temporarily. This event ended on January 9, 2012.

The Alien X and Ultimate Kevin exosuits were added on February 6, 2012.

Main article: Birthday Celebration
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On May 14, 2011, to celebrate Project Exonaut's birhday, the Birthday Celebration event was held. This unlocked the Ben Tennyson exosuits for all players, and all exosuit level-locks were removed, meaning you were able to purchase any exosuit at any level.

On July 16, 2012, the Skips and Rigby exosuits were added.

Decline[]

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There were no updates to the game from July until November 12, 2012. On that day, a large update was released, which added:

After this big update, however, there were no more updates to the game.

Closure[]

In late 2014, for various reasons, Cartoon Network shut down the Project Exonaut servers and disabled the game service permanently.

Project Exonaut faded into obscurity.

Contributing Factors[]

  • Large amounts of hackers
  • Framerate bugs
  • Exploits
  • The game's only source of income was advertisements.
  • Lack of updates

Factions[]

Banzai Squadron[]

Main article: Banzai Squadron

Banzai focuses mostly on speed and agility, although there are some suits with high durability or strength. Banzai has various suits such as Beemo, Johnny Test, and Samurai Jack. Their symbol is the image of a black hawk in a yellow egg shape with red thunderbolts in its claws, similar to the bald eagle with arrows and olive branch of America. Banzai Squadron's three original suits are Ninja, Tempest, and Dragon.

Atlas Brigade[]

Main article: Atlas Brigade

Atlas focuses mostly on strong and powerful exosuits, but there are some with level five speed, topping a few of those of Banzai's. Atlas has various suits such as Jake, Gwen, and Grim, the last of which is considered by many to be the faction's best. Their symbol is a green hammer with string coming off the end with their name on it. Atlas Brigade's three original suits are Phantom, Sentinel, and Behemoth.


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